Kids think books are cool, especially when they see that people they think books are cool are reading.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Personally, I was never the cool kid. I was always sort of a bookworm.
I read a lot of books to my children, and they all seem really good. I think people have gotten really good at children's books.
All literature consists of whatever the writer thinks is cool. The reader will like the book to the degree that he agrees with the writer about what's cool.
I've nothing against kids reading anything they please, but I do have a problem with pink books for girls and black books for boys.
Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!
People think children's books are about teddy bears and little flowers. I realize people sometimes don't know what to do with my books because they say, 'Is it a children's book, and what age group?'
Children simply don't make the distinction; a book is either good or bad. And some of the books they think are good are very, very bad indeed.
Kids and adults have a difference of opinion when it comes to what constitutes legitimate reading. Adults often push books that they loved as children, which, ironically, were often books that their parents weren't particularly keen on.
I write books that seem more suitable for children, and that's OK with me. They are a better audience and tougher critics. Kids tell you what they think, not what they think they should think.
Children will not pretend to be enjoying books, and they will not read books because they have been told that these books are good. They are looking for delight.